StarCraft II
Legacy of the Void Beta Balance Update -- April 28, 2015
Now that we’re a few weeks into the Legacy of the Void beta, we’re ready to make our next balance update. After reviewing the feedback we’ve received recently, we’ve settled on a number of changes that we’d like to test.
General
- Mineral amounts changed from 100%/50% to 100%/60%
Protoss
- Warp-in duration decreased from 8 to 5.
- Adept
- Weapon damage point changed from 0.4 to 0.167.
Terran
- Reaper
- Added new ability.
- Toss a grenade which, after 2 seconds, causes 10 area of effect damage and knockback.
- Cooldown is 10 seconds.
- Added new ability.
- Cyclone
- Can no longer target air by default.
- New Upgrade: Surface to Air Targeting.
- Allows Cyclone to target air.
- Requires Fusion Core.
- Researched from Factory Tech Lab.
- Cost 100/100.
- Research time: 110.
- Unit radius increased from 0.625 to 0.75.
- Unit scale increased by 15%.
Zerg
- Ravager
- Weapon period changed from 0.8 to 1.6.
- Weapon range reduced from 6 to 4.
- Swarm Host
- Cost changed to 200/100 and requires 3 supply.
- Flying locusts no longer requires research.
- Locust health down from 65 to 50.
- Swarm hosts can now move while burrowed.
For a more in-depth look at these changes, check out our balance preview blog. As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback after you’ve put these changes to the test.